Massad, Salwa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-6633
Gebre-Medhin, Mehari
Dary, Omar
Abdalla, Marwah
Holleran, Steve
Karmally, Wahida
Bordelois, Paula
Khammash, Umaiyeh
Deckelbaum, Richard J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Juzoor for Health and Social Development
UNRWA
UNICEF
Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Article History
Received: 29 November 2019
Accepted: 30 July 2020
First Online: 26 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved in December 2008 by Columbia University’s Institutional Review Board (New York, USA) and Al-Quds University (Jerusalem, Palestine). Written informed consent and assent were obtained from sixth and ninth grade students as well as their parents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.